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Soldiers fire on demonstration, kidnap two following Tutu visit

***image2***Occupation forces fired tear gas and sound bombs at demonstrators in Bil’in on Friday. During the night following the protest, soldiers raided the village and kidnapped several more residents. These actions follow Desmond Tutu and others to the village the day prior. On Friday the people of Bil’in, supported by Israeli and international activists, marched […]

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Join the annual Palestinian olive harvest!

The Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and its popular committees are coordinating collective efforts to safeguard the annual olive harvest and are calling on volunteers to stand in solidarity with Palestinian communities and join in the harvest, which will begin 15 October 2009. The harvesting of the olives is becoming more difficult every year as farmers face […]

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Irish activists pressure firm to divest from Wall construction

Activists in Ireland held a demonstration in front of CRH, formerly known as Cement Roadstone Holdings, protesting the firm’s involvement in the construction of the Apartheid Wall, checkpoints and settlements. Protestors affiliated with the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Irish Anti-War Movement, éirígí and the Galway based Free Palestine Campaign in front of CRH’s offices in Dublin […]

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Demonstration against the settlements in Burin

***image2***The people of Burin held another demonstration this week in protest of the ongoing theft of their land. Villagers marched this Friday to their fields, confronting soldiers who refused to allow them onto their land. Demonstrations come in response to settlers from Barcha and Yizhar who, with the protection of Occupation forces, have taken over […]

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Popular resistance conference in al-Ma’sara

From the 13 – 15 of August, university students from across the West Bank gathered in al-Ma’sara to discuss popular resistance in the West Bank. Youth heard lectures on the history and means of grassroots resistance to the Wall and discussed ways in which work against the Wall in their respective districts. Participants also marched […]